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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1664 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk block drain (B63) of the CLBR fort, located at the Car Park Site, Dover |
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Summary
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. Excavations in 1970 in an area which was originally occupied by a small car park on the north side of Queens Street a large chalk block drain was uncovered and traced for a distance of 22m, north-south along the line of the road between barrack B21 and B22. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31860 41375 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DRAIN (Chalk Block drain (B63), Roman - 125 AD to 210 AD)
Full description
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(Summarised from publication)
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. Excavations in 1970 in an area which was originally occupied by a small car park on the north side of Queens Street a large chalk block drain was uncovered and traced for a distance of 22m, north-south along the line of the road between barrack B21 and B22.
All four sides were of chalk blocks and it measured 20cm by 14cm internally. It was associated with the second road on this site and so related to the period two rebuild of the adjacent barrack blocks. (1)
<1> Philp, B. J., 1981, The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977 (Monograph). SKE7863.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Philp, B. J.. 1981. The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument) |
